Kate was set to return home Monday night, he said, and take over parenting duties, which includes taking the kids to the bus stop now that they're back in school.

It's a task that will be made easier now that their dad has added a new car to the family fleet: a black Mercedes ML350.

"I needed a car for the winter," said Gosselin, who is leasing the vehicle, delivered Saturday.

He also owns a black BMW, and the family has a large van that fits all eight kids – twins Mady and Cara, 9, and 5-year-old sextuplets Hannah, Leah, Alexis, Joel, Aaden and Collin – and which is currently used to take them to their bus stop.